ris3n's Apologetics Codex

Passage

Psalms 119.97

Book: Psalms · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

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ASV

95. The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; But I will consider thy testimonies. 96. I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy commandment is exceeding broad.

97. MEM. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

  1. Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me. 99. I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation. (Psalms 119:95-99, ASV)
WEB

95. The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes. 96. I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless. MEM

97. How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.

  1. Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me. 99. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. (Psalms 119:95-99, WEB)
KJV

95. The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies. 96. I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

97. MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

  1. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. they: Heb. it is ever with me 99. I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. (Psalms 119:95-99, KJV)
YLT

95. Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand. 96. Of all perfection I have seen an end, Broad [is] Thy command, exceedingly!

97. [Mem.] O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it [is] my meditation.

  1. Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it [is] before me to the age. 99. Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies [are] my meditation. (Psalms 119:95-99, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

  • ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
  • WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
  • KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
  • YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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